Shozab Raza (b. 1997, Sialkot, Pakistan) is a Boston-based Designer, Creative Technologist, and Educator. His work explores visual, interaction, and generative design. He designs websites, brand identities, generative visuals, multimedia performances, and interactive installations, and is currently exploring the potential of AI and large language models.
He has worked with companies such as Coca-Cola, KFC, PepsiCo, SharkNinja, and Universal Music, among others. His work has been featured at venues like the Museum of Science, MIT, and Boston Cyberarts. Shozab recently completed an MFA and teaches design at MassArt and Boston University. He is also a participant in the WIX Weblab in New York, a competitive design fellowship focused on the future of web design. In his free time, he enjoys live coding for raves, musicals, and theatrical performances.
Projects include but are not limited to, brand design, user experience design, interactive installations, generative visuals, creative coding, performance, murals, research books, and a generative program that visualizes data based on his water intake and urination patterns.
SKILLS AND TOOLS
Creative Coding
Illustration
Fabrication
Prototyping
Graphic Design
Web Design
Additive Manufacturing
Theater Lighting
Multimedia
Writing
Interactive Systems
Projection Mapping
Performance
UPCOMING
2025 — Curation (Time Machines - A Multimedia Exhibition), Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA, US
2025 — Public Art Installation, Wheaton College, Norton MA, US
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2023 — Material Nature (Solo Exhibition), Godine Gallery, Boston, MA, United States
CURATED
2023 — Fresh Media 2023, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA, United States
2023 — Material Nature (Solo Exhibition), Godine Gallery, Boston, MA, United States
SELECTED
2024 — Interactive Installation (Diwali Soiree - Governor Maura Healey), The Foundry, Cambridge MA, US
2024 — Infection, Spark - Northeastern University, Cambridge MA, US
2024 — Naamyaati Machine, Waveforms, Museum of Science, Boston, MA
2024 — Naamyaati Machine, 1 Hour Party, Hue Boston, MA
2024 — Transhumanism 4, Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 — Transhumanism 3, Bioarts Science Bonanza, DMC Massart, Boston, MA
2024 — Transhumanism (woodcut), Print Forward, Frances Euphemia Thompson, Boston, MA
2024 — Membrane, Fresh Media 2024, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA
2024 — Transhumanism, Face It, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 — Membrane, Interaction Design Exhibit, Stata Center MIT, Cambridge, MA
2023 — Holiday Smallworks, Cambridge Association of the Arts, Cambridge, MA
2023 — Transhumanism, The Away Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 — Naamyaati Machine, Design Biennial 2023, Massart x SoWa, Boston, MA
2023 — Naamyaati Machine, DRIFT, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 — Naamyaati Machine, Fresh Media 2023, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA
2022 — Transhumanism, Design Biennial 2022, Massart x SoWa, Boston, MA
2022 — Transhumanism, The Away Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 — Transhumanism, Spooky Gallery, Massart Vision Magazine, Boston, MA
PERFORMANCES
2024 — VOID, Stagehack (Boston Tech Poetics), MIT Theater Arts, Cambridge, MA
2024 — Live Visuals, Transporter, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA
2023 — Enso Resonance, Hunneman Hall (Brookline Public Library), Boston, MA
2023 — Enso Resonance, Burnes Hall (New England Conservatory), Boston, MA
2023 — Dreamcatcher (Direction/Solo Performance), Pozen Center, Boston, MA
2020 — & Then (Direction), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2019 — The Trial (Direction/Lead Performance), Lahore Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
2018 — Plague (Direction/Performance), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2017 — The Resurrection (Antagonist), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2017 — The Typewriter, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
AWARDS
2025 — WIX Weblab Fellow, New York, US
2024 — Graduate award for Big Bold Creative Thinking, Massart, Boston MA, US
2023 — AICAD Fellowship (Nominated)
2022 — Graduate Dean's Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2021 — Graduated with Distinction, Highest test score, National College of Arts, Lahore, PK
2019 — Best Director (& Then), UCPAF, Lahore, PK
2019 — Best Technicals - Lighting Design (& Then), UCPAF, Lahore, PK
2019 — Best Production Design (& Then), Farewell Festival NCA, Lahore, PK
2019 — Best Performance (& Then), Farewell Festival NCA, Lahore, PK
FEATURES
2025 — CanvasRebel (Article/Interview)
2024 — CanvasRebel (Article/Interview)
2024 — Boston Immersive Music Festival (Boston Cyberarts), WBUR (Radio and Article)
2024 — Bold Journey (Article/Interview)
2023 — New Media Art (Digital)
2022 — Massart Vision Magazine, Spooky Gallery
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
2025 — Lecturer (Design and Strategy), Boston University
2024 — Instructor (Generative Design), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2024 — Instructor (Digital and Time-based Media), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2024 — Instructor (Graphic Design), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2024 — Guest Reviewer, Communication Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2024 — Teaching Assistant (Design & Performance), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2024 — Workshop (Mime Performance), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2023 — Teaching Assistant (Artists Journal), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2023 — Teaching Assistant (Electronic Projects for Artists), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2022 — Workshop (MIME Performance), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2018 - 2019 — Direction (MIME Theater), Neo Transitional Mime, National College of Arts, Lahore, PK
EDUCATION
2024 — MFA, Dynamic Media Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US
2024 — UX Design (Certificate), Google
2023 — Interaction Design and Projection (Elective), MIT Theater Arts, Cambridge MA, US
2021 — BFA in Visual Communication Design, National College of Arts, Lahore, PK